A neuroprotective role of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor following moderate spinal cord contusion injury

Experimental Neurology
Christopher IannottiXiao Ming Xu

Abstract

The present study investigated neuroprotective effects of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), a distant member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily, following moderate contusive spinal cord injury (SCI) in adult rats. A T11 spinal cord contusion injury was made using an Infinite Horizon impactor (IH; impact force=150 kDyn) and recombinant human GDNF at two concentrations (rhGDNF; 1 or 5 microg/microl), or saline vehicle was delivered intrathecally for 28 days using an Alzet miniosmotic pump. We demonstrated that, at 7 weeks postinjury, GDNF infusion significantly reduced the total lesion volume by 34-42% (assessed stereologically) and increased the percentage of white matter sparing by 10-13% (measured at the injury epicenter), as compared to the vehicle infusion. Retrograde tracing revealed that GDNF infusion resulted in a significant increase in the number of FluoroGold (FG)-labeled neurons in propriospinal regions as well as in two supraspinal regions, that is, the medullary and pontine reticular formation, and the lateral vestibular nucleus. Immunofluorescent staining confirmed that the spared white matter contained neurofilament-positive axons. However, transcranial magnetic motor-e...Continue Reading

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